To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

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Henri Frederic Amiel was a 19th-century Swiss philosopher and poet. Henri Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Art — Creativity, expression, and the role of art in society
  • Soul — The inner self, consciousness, and spiritual essence

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